Maha Kumbh 2025: Indian Railways announces slew of initiatives for pilgrims, launches special…
The Indian Railway initiatives include the launch of a 24x7 Kumbh War Room, CCTV cameras on all nearby stations, multilingual communication system, and additional ticket counters, among others.
Maha Kumbh 2025: In a step in direction of making the stir of devotees throughout the Maha Kumbh 2025 easier, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched several key initiatives to enhance Indian Railways’ readiness for the Maha Kumbh starting Monday in Prayagraj, with an operate to offer safe, seamless and technologically-progressed services for the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims anticipated to affix the mega gathering over the next forty five days.
In step with a press assertion issued by the Railway Board, the initiatives embody the originate of a 24×7 Kumbh Conflict Room, CCTV cameras on all nearby stations, multilingual communique system, and additional designate counters, amongst others.
“A dedicated warfare room on the Railway Board level has been inaugurated. This may operate 24×7, with officials from operations, industrial, RPF, mechanical, engineering, and electrical departments monitoring and coordinating the activities,” Dilip Kumar, executive director for recordsdata and publicity, Railway Board, mentioned.
“A total of 1,176 CCTV cameras secure been set up in at nine stations in the Prayagraj space to offer live feeds for staunch-time monitoring,” he added.
In step with officials, the warfare room will facilitate effective coordination between the district authorities and railway officials, guaranteeing rapid assistance and operational efficiency. Kumar mentioned a 12-language announcement system has furthermore been inaugurated at Prayagraj, Naini, Cheoki, and Subedarganj stations to serve the pilgrims.
“A facilitation booklet in 22 languages has been made for disseminating very important recordsdata to the pilgrims,” Kumar added.
Talking about passenger facilities in the Prayagraj space, Kumar mentioned 10,000 typical trains, 3,134 particular trains — 4.5 cases more than the previous Kumbh — and 1,869 immediate-distance trains will operate throughout the Kumbh interval.
“In addition to, 706 lengthy-distance trains and 559 ring trains will furthermore be operated for the comfort of the pilgrims,” he added. Additionally, freight trains secure been diverted to the dedicated freight corridors (DFC) to make obvious tender passenger put collectively operations, officials mentioned.
Maha Kumbh 2025: Particular Investments from Railway Board
The Railway Board made an funding of Rs 5,000 crore over the last three years to originate the Kumbh-connected initiatives, constructing facilities reminiscent of forty eight platforms, 21 foot-over bridges, 23 permanent conserving areas with a mixed capacity of over 1 lakh pilgrims, 554 ticketing counters, collectively with 151 cell UTS counters, and 21 road over/below bridges to enhance road and rail mobility, amongst others.
“Infrastructure building price Rs 3,700 crore has been executed, which embody the Banaras-Prayagraj (collectively with the Ganga Bridge) and Phaphamau-Janghai doubling initiatives,” Kumar mentioned.
As many as 40 crore pilgrims are anticipated to seek recommendation from the Maha Kumbh this year, of which 5 crore pilgrims are anticipated on Mauni Amavasya (January 29) by myself.
“Particular colour-coded tickets and barcode-enabled UTS systems secure been launched for smoother operations,” Kumar mentioned.
“These initiatives operate to make obvious a uncover, efficient, and expertise-pushed expertise for the pilgrims, underscoring Indian Railways’ commitment to cultural and infrastructural excellence,” he added.
(With inputs from companies)
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